Tenochtitlán was an Aztec city built on an island in Lake Texcoco (modern-day Mexico City) between 1325 and 1521, featuring a system of canals and causeways for transportation and supply....
In the annals of history, the narrative of conquest and exploration during the Age of Discovery is often dominated by the exploits of European adventurers. However, amidst the tales of...
Buoyed on by Pope Julius II’s elevation of the Spanish monarch as the principal agent for the evangelization of the New World, many Spanish missionaries, soldiers and explorers began sailing...
The Age of Exploration (15th-17th century), otherwise known as the Age of Discovery, was one of the most crucial periods in the history of the Europeans. It began with the...
The Mexican Independence Day is the biggest holiday for most Mexicans. Every September 16 there is a celebration of freedom all across Mexico and across the world, in places that...
Since the dawn of time, human beings have always been very curious of the world around them. Often times, those explorations and adventures into the unknown accrued immense benefits to...
Beginning as far back as the second millennium BCE, the Maya civilization was a colossal force to be reckoned with in Mesoamerica for close to 3,000 years. This Central American...
Most known for invading Mexico and defeating the Aztec Empire in 1521, Hernán Cortés was a Spanish nobleman and famous explorer who helped expand the Empire of Spain into the...
